Ong Bak's Real Muay Thai Explained

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Ong Bak is one of the most iconic martial arts movies of all time. Countless Muay Thai practitioners were inspired by this movie, and it gave Muay Thai an international stage in ways that no athlete ever could.
Tony Jaa is a legend for what he contributed to Muay Thai, and make no mistake, he's very skilled in performing Muay Thai moves and very athletic. It only makes sense that he was trained by Yodtong Senanan, the greatest Muay Thai coach of all time.
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[@LawrenceKenshin]

Ong Bak is one of the most iconic martial arts movies of all time. Countless Muay Thai practitioners were inspired by this movie, and it gave Muay Thai an international stage in ways that no athlete ever could. Tony Jaa is a legend for what he contributed to Muay Thai, and make no mistake, he's very skilled in performing Muay Thai moves and very athletic. It only makes sense that he was trained by Yodtong Senanan, the greatest Muay Thai coach of all time. Help us get to 400K subscribers: bit.ly/31hJt0V Watch My Most Epic Video: bit.ly/2Hr8PCD (Muay Thai vs. Kickboxing "The Legendary Fight That Changed History")

[@pazhany5443]

Wasn't that mainly muay boran?

[@gravy1770]

My favorite sequence was the one where he throws a low kick and it gets dodged but he continues spinning to deliver a head kick (Might have been a sequel, I'm not sure). It's a legit move too, and a deceptive one at that. I've landed it on like 3 sparring partners

[@anonymousshawn9996]

Hey how about the differences in different Thai styles? Tiger, Jaguar, Elephant, etc

[@Honestandtruth]

The Fact of the Truth, Tony Jaa is Thai Citizen But he is Truly Khmer Surin which Native to Khmer and known as Cambodian around the World.

[@Honestandtruth]

Tony Has Styles are 3-in-1 Kun khmer and Muay Thai and Martial art.

[@craigmandall9420]

The guy who says "fuck Muay Thai" is Nick Kara and he was an Aussie Muay Thai world champ

[@zenyxx9789]

The irony of the film😂😂

[@Lootakitt]

You gotta be kidding me lol

[@craigmandall9420]

@@Lootakitt I'd never kid you

[@arunkhanna2496]

Just looked up his highlights! Thanks for the tip! So awesome!

[@J.B.1982]

That’s great! Hahaha. He must of really got a *kick* out of that

[@paulorawdogcosta3630]

Ong bak was the movie that truly inspired me to pick up Muay Thai 10 years ago and I have never stopped since then！

[@LawrenceKenshin]

great movie

[@alafosca5724]

@Clint Christo same here

[@paulorawdogcosta3630]

@Clint Christo I would suggest to have a gym with lots of bodies, where they would train you on pad work+bag work and drilling with another partner (very important because you learn your shot placements on different body types), also light sparring. I spent a good 5 years+ in a gym where it was hard sparring all the time and I get injured like 3 times a week, it can't be healthy! and hard sparring doesn't help with your technique+flow.

[@Stephen-uz8dm]

@Clint Christo just ask when you're there. You'll probably be able to tell pretty quickly. It's intimidating on your first day but if you stick around it really brings something to your life that you will dearly miss when you have to stop.

[@paulorawdogcosta3630]

@Clint Christo better if you do a few classes and find out, or you can take your time to check out their sparring session standing at the side watching. Signs of a light sparring gym are: coaches usually say something like 'keep your brain cells in the fight' before each sparring session, everyone looking for openings and only light touching, de-escalation if it goes a bit harder than you're comfortable with (aka just say you're going too hard) things like that.

[@Anuparb12]

I’m Thai and I want to say very much thank you to all of you who love and appreciate our world heritage martial art. This would bring up a huge pride and proud to our little country. We respect all of you also. Thank you very much guys.

[@pubbahubbabba]

Sawadee khrab, Anuparb. Thailand and muay thai is more loved than you ppl think there. I personally have been 3 times. 1 of them i actually was in Pattaya, training in Yodtongs camp and i had the honor of saluting Kruu Senanan a couple of mornings before he died. Love thailand. Man, i miss it so so much. Kop khun khrab!

[@pateris]

@@pubbahubbabba Amen to that mate, you said it better than I could. I doubt I'll be able to go to Thailand before I reach room temperature, but long before Ong Back, I had nothing but respect for this gorgeous country and its culture…

[@MaskedRiderChris]

With pleasure, we do so! I want to go to your country someday, experience how wonderful your people and culture are, and take in a Muay Thai match in person if I can help it.

[@HardikPatel-me4zo]

Respect to Thai ppl bro, they are so tough, I’ve been to many countries to train several martial arts such as China - Shaolin, Brazil- BJJ, And Thailand- Muay Thai. Out of all of those Thai ppl were the MOST toughest ppl without a doubt

[@brysontheghostgaming9218]

American here. I love Muay Thai it changed my life and I met some amazing people because of it.

[@Lakas78]

This movie introduced me to muay thai and it's my personal favorite martial arts movie of all time!!!

[@LawrenceKenshin]

mine too!

[@GK_Imagimotion]

This and The Raid are the best.

[@manwithnousername9779]

Me too. Never watched lousy kung fu movies after this. The power of the blows are trully felt on this movie

[@ivangopnik772]

Ah yes also my Childhood movie along with Raid Redemption

[@douglasjohnson8357]

One of my top five!

[@georgieman1910]

Ong Bak is unique because it showcases Muay Boran technique along with their names. So it's not just teep, it's "Bata Loopak" or "Foot touches Face" there are poetic names for all the techniques throughout the movie. Tony says them out loud especially in one scene where he's running through a forms exercise. These names often reference the Ramakien or the epic of Rama stories of Hindu Buddhist lore. Kru Sidyotong says "Hanuman Kham Longka" or "Monkey King Steps over the City of Lanka" which is actually a jumping knee kick over an opponent's kick.

[@Age2099]

which btw sounds 10x times cooler

[@shadowlesswarrior]

Tony Jaa also was a gymnast, track runner, long and high jumper when he was in college. That's why he's skills are almost unreal.

[@rickesteves4783]

When "Ong Bak" was first released, I got to see an advanced premier at the Kabuki Theater here in San Francisco. Tony Jaa gave an exhibition for about 15-20 minutes before the movie and although his skills were very impressive, his agility was absolutely unbelievable.

[@thebrownbaldy]

No disrespect, I put this film right up there with Enter The Dragon. This film and Tony Jaa himself fully represent Muay Thai. Love training in it too.

[@ManAtWar_8895]

In some parts of India the movie was released as Enter the New Dragon

[@kenharbeson967]

I think Bruce Lee would’ve been proud of what Tony Jaa did for martial arts cinema and how he brought Muay Thai to the big screen.

[@jackjax7921]

The Raid and Ong bak should be on top 5 all time in martial arts.

[@Arkeo36]

Sagat from Street Fighter and Joe from King of Fighters made me like Muay Thai, but it was Ong Bak that made me actually start training. Thank God for that movie.

[@user-4210]

How about Bruce Irvin & Fahkumram

[@KUROSHURA]

Thank Tony Jaa and Panna

[@Rooot-username]

Bruce for me

[@Slappaccino]

Same. Sagat in street fighter 2 got me started in Muay Thai back in the 90's lol.

[@zagrepcanin82]

Sagat is based on that muay thai goat Sarmat

[@Chandasouk]

Tony Jaa had me flying kneeing everything

[@LawrenceKenshin]

hahahaha

[@soukavathkeomisy3858]

Flying knee deez nuts...

[@richman_24]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mementomori8991]

@@soukavathkeomisy3858 You must have a death wish.

[@KemicalKiddMUSIC]

when i was younger after watching this video me and my friends would fly knee each other in the back and say "dont make me ong bak you" lmao

[@thefirmamentalist9922]

He should have been in 100 movies by now. I don’t know why he didn’t become the biggest action star of a generation.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

he was super big, but not as big as the other ones i guess

[@thathandleistakentrythisone]

Well Ong Bak had shock value, but when I watched it with friends they complained that there was too muvh fighting. Ong Bak 2 was a really great followup. But then he made a string of bad movies and I never heard Tony Jaa's name again. I also think he kind of blew his load on Ong Bak. He did all possible stunts he was famous for (if you watch his demonstrations) and powerpacked them into that movie and then there wasnt a lot left for other movies, like what else can you do without stuntropes really... Dude has serious airtime tho and he can spin like a mfer.

[@GreyZonex]

@@thathandleistakentrythisone c'mon.. Jet Li, Jackie Chan. Van Damn.. all did same moves in their movies.. I think Jackie Chan used a lot humour and that helped. Tony Jaa didnt ho to Hollywood. It's as simple as that.

[@robertpieszczyk7203]

I think the reason, why he isn´t the biggest action-star, are following into two points: 1. he his a bad english-speaker 2.He is not really acting...So it´s hard to build a story like Chackie Chan does Onk bak was a great movie, but only the action/fighting way! It was a crappy story!! With no acting and speaking english it´s very hard coming to Hollywood! AND maybe the third point: Tony Jaa missed maybe the martial-Arts movie zeitgeist ^^

[@yoshi9538]

He's in Master Z, on Netflix

[@pubbahubbabba]

I had the honor and fortune of being able to spend 2 weeks in Pattaya, training in Yodtongs camp. Not only that, i had the inmense honor of being able to salute Kruu Senanan before he died. Man, what a time.

[@Rikalonius]

I take Muay Thai in New Hampshire at a Sityodtong facility. I've taken a private lesson with Kru Toy when he was here in 2011, and I regularly work with Kru Mark Delegrotte. I am thinking of going to Pattaya next year. I was there in the Navy back in 2002 and it is when I decided I wanted to start learning Muay Thai. I regret I'll never meet Kru Senanan, but his picture is in our training facility and we pay respect to him before we train. I'm quite jealous you were able to train there when he was alive.

[@toualee1430]

Give that man his elephant back

[@chemicalwarfare36]

Ong bak was about a Buddhist statue

[@tadaka2184]

#ช้างกูอยู่ไหน...👍👍☝

[@EkNoMaD]

5555555555555

[@Stompinstein]

That's The Protector.

[@brendanduffy2367]

😂😂😂🇹🇭🙏👌

[@rileydorman]

I had the honor to meet and train with Samart Payakaroon. Very humble man and legendary fighter. I want to thank the Thai people for sharing their beautiful martial art with the world 🙏

[@mitchellcardinal6394]

I used to watch this movie with my grandfather. He’s passed away now but this made me want to do Muay Thai when I was a kid. Now I have 8 years of experience

[@callumbiasnow4825]

Ong bak has some of the most realistic looking combat on screen. Definitely the highest impact moves and real connection. People sometimes laugh at king fu films but a lot of Bruce’s films had similar simplicity and impact. One, two BANG!

[@xavierlemaire4443]

You have the movies that emphase on esthetics, or brutality in martial arts. But both are unrealistic in their own way. In brutal movies like Ong Bak, the opponents take strike way too violent for human body for them to keep going, or just be like : "ok I think I chose to give up and have a drink instead." When you fight with elbows and knees like this, fights are way shorter. Bruce Lee's movies are more realistic given this fact too.

[@FeldyMohrisar]

The power of traditional Muay Thai.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

hahaha yes

[@user-wc6no9rd3y]

Ancient soldiers were trained to kill enemies in battle.

[@pavelberov2593]

aka muay boran

[@Ironborn4]

Ong Bak was the reason why I quit Japanese Jiu Jitsu and switched to Muay Thai at 14. Tony Jaa changed martial arts choreography forever.

[@mabh1967]

very stupid reason, I would never quit a martial art because of a movie. It would be better if you quit cuz some muay thai dude beat the shit out of you and you change sports because of that

[@theflashgordon193]

I never knew this movie was this impactful

[@Ironborn4]

@@theflashgordon193 of course. It showed beautiful but hard fight choreography. I had never seen that kind of fighting before in a movie. Usually it's Jet Li flying, Bruce Lee yelling or Jackie Chan being funny. This felt like actual fighting. Lots of people got introduced to Muay Thai through Ong Bak

[@lilidolly5199]

Muay Thai is really effective you know that huhhhh

[@Ironborn4]

@Yusuf Wahab it's called dedication. I was training Muay Thai 4/5 times a week. Also Japanese Jiu Jitsu is a less effective martial art so I didn't want to waste time on it and I simply enjoyed Muay Thai more.

[@andymudhoney]

That was a glorious movie. Got it from a Thai friend before it was available outside of Thailand and I’m still rating it above all other fighting movies 🙏🏻

[@LawrenceKenshin]

beautiful movie thanks for sharing the story

[@wertirwertir4235]

feel like all ong bak films and the raid 1, maybe 2 have like the best fighting choreography

[@dzvid2746]

fckin eh 👍

[@granvilleeversley9023]

Ong Bak and Raid Redemption are the best martial arts movies on the planet!!!

[@SuperCrazyPsycho731]

I found out about it from the rza

[@bryanjames7528]

Ong Bak and Protector are two of my favorite martial arts movies. Protector got me all kinds of feelings tbh. He spends most of the movie looking for his elephant and when the villain showed him the bones i was low key crying. Then when he gets tossed down from the ceiling but he lands safely on the tusk like the elephant stopped him from getting hurt, ah man the feels. Then he uses the elephant's bones as weapons against the people who killed him, talk about poetic justice. What was cool was when he was using the 'elephant' style muay thai (I don't know the true name for it) his arms n legs wrapping around the limbs of the bad guys like an elephant, then breaking them, or using his forearms like tusks. Now that was bad ass.

[@thairesfd]

Same.

[@AnuchasaraChannel]

กระดูกช้างที่แตก จะมีความคม สามารถตัดเส้นเอ็นข้อเท้าได้

[@max14719]

That's just Muay Thai Boran (The ancient full form of Muay Thai) its main use is to immobilize your opponent very quickly, commonly devise in war. Muay Thai Boran also has a different "sub" in which branches out. Some are for sporting, some are mainly for mass military training, and some are reserved for special forces/assassination training, etc. There's a lot of them.

[@junichiroyamashita]

Was it Muay Chaiya? Checked,it does not exist ,but there are many techniques based on the elephant moves.

[@chrisj9849]

Ong Bak was my introduction to Muay Thai. I loved the movie, and got very curious about the martial art. I went to Bangkok boxing, and life has never been the same in the best way! Thanks for the great video.

[@madnessbydesign1415]

Tony's films are filmed incredibly well, with long action shots (rather than quick cuts), demonstrating the true skills of the performers. Beautiful! I practice Chinese Kung Fu, but I have only respect for Tony, his movies, and other arts (in this case, Muay Thai). My teachers encouraged us to treat other arts and other practitioners respectfully, like distant relatives (which is largely true). We can all learn from each other and grow stronger from it... :)

[@stonwall9065]

I love those long shots. I want to be standing in the audience gritting at the fight! How is kung fu? I did a little kickboxing/TKD as a youth. Now muay thai! Just started

[@madnessbydesign1415]

@@stonwall9065 I've done Wing Chun, Yang Style TaiJi, and Lan Shou, and I love them all. My teachers always encouraged us to treat other arts respectfully, and other practitioners as extended family. I have great respect for Muay Tai, and Tony Jaa is a great spokesman. I hope you enjoy your training and stay with it... :)

[@konnor9577]

The protector movie with Tonny Jaa has some crazy defence and counter techniques used in real Muay Boran

[@forestonerootspirit1326]

What makes Muay Thai movies better than Kung Fu movies is that they're realistic and can be implemented in real life and they can cause serious injuries

[@quick906]

No.

[@indrarahmadani8373]

@@quick906 yes

[@quick906]

@@indrarahmadani8373 nothing in this bullshit movie can be implemented in real life unless you're a child and don't understand how fights unfold in real life

[@indrarahmadani8373]

@@quick906 you're the child who doesn't understand the points from the video

[@nielsatoyab6065]

Muay Thai can be applied to mma. But most chinese martial arts are not. Xu Xiaodong is the best example. .

[@JWMCMLXXX]

I was blown away when I first saw Ong Bak I was like, wow. That looks like it really hurt. It looked impactful. Totally different from Kung Fu.

[@Endru85x]

You got it right. Nothing made me go "oof" more than elbows and knees by Tony Jaa in this movie.

[@Roger-ws8rj]

Seriously.... Tony Jaa movies are brutal as fuck!

[@darrellwilliams1714]

Its a different type of movie. That stunt team actually connects with their attacks thats why they movies are so good

[@weekdaycycling]

Using elbow is very dangerous in Muay Thai.

[@Gaka-no-Fukkatsu]

Agree!!

[@MP-db9sw]

I bought this on DVD back in the early 2000s when it was still new and I remember being absolutely blown away. The fights came across as the most realistically brutal striking I had ever seen in a movie before while also being the obvious result of years of dedicated training and very high degree of skill. I was hooked on Muay Thai immediately and its a love that I am happy to say has never faded 🙏

[@rgrtnyjjc]

Ong Bak when it first came out was mind blowing. I was already seriously into Muay Thai at the time so it was refreshing to see it being used in an action film for the first time. The follow up and other films since with Tony Jaa have sadly been pretty disappointing but Ong Bak is a classic for sure. As for the flying knees, I think Remy Bonjasky showcased that technique to great effect on a good few occasions.

[@JessieS]

I agree 100% till this day I would hate to be the guy at the end of those kicks lol

[@LawrenceKenshin]

hahah quite the gifted martial arts he is

[@yourcousinsbrokenps2400]

Yesssir

[@yourcousinsbrokenps2400]

@@LawrenceKenshin ofc

[@Booxbred]

@@LawrenceKenshin Not to mention... the guy's vertical and pure athleticism is off the charts. If he chose to focus on actual ring fighting, I'd bet he'd be pretty damn good. As for those shitty punches, honestly, it's just for the purpose of film. Big, wild punches look more dramatic and to the majority of viewers who don't know a lick about technique, it appears very impactful rather than lacking technique.

[@Honestandtruth]

@@LawrenceKenshin So you know, Tony Jaa is Khmer Surin who is a part of Khmer Histories Empire. Although now they are part of Thailand nation. But khmer Surin still speak khmer and tradition.

[@silafuyang8675]

I was in China training taekwondo and taijiquan when this came out. Our taekwondo school started immediately implementing elbows and jumping knees in the curriculum.

[@mattnobrega6621]

From what I gather, the muay Thai strikes are based off of the elephants tusk attacks. Elbows and knees are common and deadly weapons and the conditioning can make the person blind to pain. Going against a muay Thai fighter no matter how big you are can result in getting embarrassingly fucked up even if the opponent is small and thin. They are some tough and resilient fighters

[@hidefreek6905]

More Accurately is from Thai legend combined with Buddism. [Lion, legend Monkey, Archer strike, and many more] The story technique focuses on the elephant because if the protagonist had a special bond with them. Many Muay Thai technique is forbidden to use outside because its lethality against people who don't train against their mean dead. For example, the way how partitioners couch and lower their head is to reflexively protect their head with their shoulder from High-kick and elbows. [This need a lot of training and experience] In the past, Muay Thai was created to kill enemies in war so it still has many techniques involving teeth, head, shoulder, and weapon. [Muay Thai from Thailand and Lethwei From Myanmar had the same origin but were diverse later in the course of war history.]

[@kefler187]

@@hidefreek6905 did you take this from the movie, because that's what the monk said in Thai... In so many words lol

[@hidefreek6905]

@@kefler187 I'm Thai. And I knew a lot of Thai-related legends. [Bad grammar] It has a lot of techniques that use the poem or phase in the legends to name the technique... ***Example： Thai version of Ramayana has Rama poses an arrow/Hanuman stomp longka etc.

[@shi-nee7966]

@@hidefreek6905 do you have insta @? i wanna connect with you and talk more about this. if you are on discord thats fine too.

[@tehrage4044]

I remember my dad secretly showinh me this movie when I was a kid so my mom wouldn’t know haha. I watched it thinkinh it was the craziest shit i’ve ever seen.

[@brysontheghostgaming9218]

Your mother wouldn’t let you watch this? Wtf

[@kenzelukabarphukan200]

@@brysontheghostgaming9218 Over protective . Boys watch violent movies and become criminals when they grow up... That's what she says..

[@aboutthegiggins4236]

What your mom cared about you and set boundaries ppffft what a witch

[@GabrielHernandez-uc2br]

I remember sitting with my Muay Thai trainer at his house watching this in Arizona, a classic!!

[@maneshchintaram9172]

I remembered when I first saw Ong Bak at age 11 and it was the most intense martial arts movie I have ever seen!

[@urgefann77]

I picked this movie up years ago one of those 3 for 10 deals or something like that. I had no idea what I was in for when i popped it in the dvd player it was the first that I had heard the term Muay Thai & had never seen elbows & knees used like that. Fast forward many many years later, I got into Krav Maga & as an added bonus we had Muay Thai classes 2 days a week. I tried it, I was terrible & I would be sore AF for days on end, but I loved it & kept coming back for more, slowly improving. I'm a year & half in & in now I'm a completely changed person, I'm so far from where I started & I'm completely addicted!

[@avidebbarma6668]

Really proud that I learned this beautiful art, it's completely different then other styles in every way, can fight in clinch, close n long range..brutal and effective too but most respectful

[@Uchawibeatz]

I literally starting taking Muay Thai classes because of this movie. I've never seen martial arts look this real in a movie before

[@tonytonony880]

Wow. The quality of your videos has increased so much over the years! I talk about the production, content was always the best :)

[@nickyfandino8529]

Every time you see Tony Jaa jumps high in his early films, he really jumps that high because he doesn't know that Hong Kong movies use wires to help the performers jump higher.

[@hihe530]

I remember watching this when I was a kid. it was one of the best films I watched because of how Tony Jaa moves and shows the way of Muay thai.

[@OrfinMusik]

I love tony jaa and ong back has been a favorite of mine for about 20 yrs almost

[@zangscar7117]

One of the movies I always watch when I was a kid. And I do love watching it

[@Normacly]

It is important to note that some of the moves are to avoid injuring the other guy, thus they look kind of weird like those wide punches. In a real fight, Tony would have properly hit the other guy's expose face, but instead Tony uses weak punches to the padded body and side head. With the hits to the face, the other guy is either moving his head away or turning his face away before contact. Also, a lot of the hits are to the body, which is padded. Then, the blows to the sides and back of the head are also targeted at padded areas under the wig. Note the longer hairs of the first 2 figthers for this club scene and the third enemy having something covering up his head. All of these are meant to hide the protective pads.

[@ianmpena]

I love Thai martial arts because as a kid I been learning Muay boran and muay thai for a really long time since I was 6 years old with my dad and I stills practice all of them

[@WalterWhite-gw3vm]

Its about time you went over Ong Bak, love the vids man

[@radiatingfuture1007]

Great video. One of the best fighting movies of all time

[@MassiveReactive]

Hell yah, I loved this! Film breakdowns are awesome and your technical knowledge is inspirational

[@aleje5761]

Ong Bak was definitely a game changer. Loved it! Much Respect

[@JWMCMLXXX]

My muay thai coach here in Thailand was just demonstrating the double-elbow And I shouted out "Ong Bak!" XD

[@Unforgivingness420]

Found this gem of a movie while i was i into old fighting movies. When i first saw the cover, i thought it would be a cheap movie with halfway decent fighting, instead i got a movie that absolutely destroyed what i knew about martial arts movies. Insanity from start to finish, Tony Ja is cool as hell.

[@nq5932]

Excellent video. Thank you for posting. There's nothing more satisfying than reality.

[@user-zk1hv7mk9v]

Ong Bak is the greatest martial arts movie of all time !! Realistic with great styling & pays homage to the history of this style also. Thanks for the video breakdown. Great job 👍

[@ValenThePowerful]

ong bak is one of the reasons I got hooked in muay thai as well as bruce from tekken

[@coreysavage8584]

6:59 "...and spinning sh*t" .... LOL... Love the nod to Nick Diaz right there. Great video, great channel mate!

[@MarvinSuave]

Always tried to do these moves ever since the movie came out, inspired me and my most favorite movie all time.

[@Mbq-sh6bj]

Great video. More film fighting breakdowns would be wonderful.

[@BJJTrickster]

Great video! My favorite martial arts movie of all time!!

[@LawrenceKenshin]

thanks michael!

[@kevinsargent]

Tony Jaa does Muay Boran though. And Buakaw's: Broken Sword Hero is the best representation of Muay Thai as an actual Muay Thai champion is fighting.

[@landonalger6633]

Buakaw is one of my favorite modern Nak Muay champions. Him and Rodtang Jitmuangnon are incredible in the ring!

[@user-dh4sb8pl4z]

Tony Jaa is doing muay boran and Buakaw doing modernized muaythai muay boran does kill and it's not for show but it was dumped down so much that you can't really use many moves in modern time cause it was too dangerous after all it was for movies and sports not to kill like back in 300 years ago or so.

[@kevinsargent]

@@user-dh4sb8pl4z you've clearly never trained in both. Muay Boran uses lots of obsolete techniques. Techniques that are flashy but not technically sound. Muay Thai is far more effective. The only thing Muay Boran has over Muay Thai is weapons fighting and due to firearms that's essentially obsolete too. Very few people in Thailand still practice Muay Boran.

[@mytube9182]

Bro. Muay Boran is actually just "Muay" and "Muay Thai" is its modified version to comply modern fighting sports. The word "Boran" means "ancient", it was just added recently to separate original "Muay" from "Muay Thai" for sporting scope. Basically the two are the same thing. I was born in Bangkok at the time before MT golden age and at that time so few people knew about there were still practitioners of original "Muay". Muay Boran became back widely interested again just in the golden age.

[@user-dh4sb8pl4z]

@@kevinsargent okay sure you can come to thailand and test that theory any time. i don't claim to be the know all person but at least as a thai person i can say that modern muaythai is effective moves to subdue opponent but with "modern era" and rules you can't use the "real moves" ever since the west came here muaythai does came from old "ancient technique" and the "real deal" is to kill. it's not even for only muaythai we asians in TH/myanmar/cambodia are the neigbour and also the long lasting enemy to each other and we does have "Muay" to kill in long lost time ever since. flashy moves, sure it's a movies and people can say anything about it. but man o man my gramps gonna get pissed if he see those kind of comment about "muay boran" lol. btw you can train all the "muay" you wanted i'm not here to argue tho.

[@plaguedoctor6107]

Ong bak is one my favorite martial art movies. It's fantasy but action packed, from start to finish. Love each scene.

[@Boris82]

Absolutely loved Ong Bak. I watched several of Tony Jaa his movies.

[@AntiNubDevice]

My only complaint about this video is how quickly it ended! Ong-Bak is amazing, and introduced me to muay thai and muay boran. The only martial arts movie close to this for me is the first Ip-Man with Donnie Yen. I'd love to see Tony in more stuff, he's been criminally overlooked.

[@prashanthk8755]

Watched 4 times in theatres, changed martial arts movies completely

[@jkim6200]

Thanks for the analysis or play-by-play.

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

[@Spiewick]

Mad respect to Kenshin!🙏🏽 you showed who is really responsible for the golden era and beyond! Im proud to say I come from SITYODTONG!!! Ajarn Senanan>kru's Samart and Gongtonaree>Kru Walter Michelowski>me.... Ive watched several of your videos and u hit them on the head with the details great job!!! There are more tricks to the trade but, ya know😉👍🏽

[@lusterjoker7876]

The Most brutal and Effective Martial Arts human ever comes up with and without the pretentious Zen- like Philosophies. it's straight up Beat 'em, Crush 'em. Loved it.

[@Hari-kx2er]

Mind-Body coordination and acquiring mental strength and fortitude are the goals of what you describe as "pretentious" philosophies in many martial arts. I am not sure whether Muay Thai eschews them wholly or not. If some Muay-Thai practitioner clarifies on this topic, it would be great.

[@worldtraveler7048]

Beautiful. This is one of the best videos thank u

[@SnakeEater871]

Awesome my friend. Loved the video and the breakdown. Ong Bak is one of my favorite martial arts films. Tony is a bad ass.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

❤️❤️

[@B0scov]

I really like the voiceover! I've always loved your videos, but it was a bit harder to focus on the footage while reading your commentary. I don't know when you changed over to speaking, but I really like it. Thanks for the video. Great movie.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

thanks for watching and supporting :)

[@jeffismywaifu4093]

My goodness how have I been practicing muay thai for so long without ever knowing about this movie? I gotta check this out, thanks for sharing!

[@davidnolan9989]

I watched this at 13 and recently watched it again at 27 ....it’s even better than I remember ! 😁😁😁😁🥲

[@MarvinSuave]

This is my most favorite movie all time ever since it came out

[@justwhenithought]

Ong Bak is a classic gem.

[@wesleyramos7543]

That stomp in the middle of the guy's face was insane.

[@peenaiyy]

let's call it TEEP

[@dickgherkinstien2016]

Im so glad you finally did this

[@scottmayfield1876]

One of my favorite movies. Loved the analysis.

[@zakurn1086]

That first sequence was very real, that guy was taking the blows head on, no fake hitting or anything.

[@nocsm1701]

Oh, LK ... You make me proud. It's very very very good vid.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

Thank you very much!

[@dhare07]

I love this movie. I'm a hug fan of hand to hand combat or any fighting style. This movie paved theway for another of my favorite Tai films Broken Sword Hero. These guys are dangerous if antagonize. Good commentary and explanation on the moves. Could've watched more. Thanks🙏🙏🙏

[@localm.m.a.brother8093]

I really love ur breakdowns on striking thank u

[@jangy1106]

Ever since i watched Ong Bak, i started learning muay thai.. But it’s harder than i thought it would be. It’s been a few months and I made a little bit of progress only. A little bit is better than none though.

[@HUNTER-qn5ff]

No no you're the most powerful , I trust you '" Saitama " 😂

[@Godsecution]

@@HUNTER-qn5ff Nope, Pre-retcon beyonder would rape Saitama.

[@Kalpanikbhagwan]

Big fan of MT ... Unparalleled striking techniques ...

[@jamesmitchell6619]

Unparalleled is a strong statement check out penchak silat

[@apiyutsiyapan9582]

Love this break down, thank you.

[@stevenherberts968]

Another great video Mr kenshin, respect from England.

[@jamesofthejungle9754]

You should do a part 2 to this

[@mentalmadness2192]

This really was a game changer and I can remember how impressed I was. For years this was the gold standard in terms of martials arts movies, at least for me personally. Then came "the raid" and put "ong bak" completely to shame. After I watched "the raid" and shortly "ong bak" afterwards, the latter all of a sudden seemed so slow, tame and artificial. The moves and the athleticsm still hold up, though.

[@jessecastillo3841]

One of my favorite movies all time. So good

[@LawrenceKenshin]

❤️❤️

[@brandenmccarney5065]

Great video! THis was my #1 Favourite martial arts movie for years and years. It slipped to #2 because of The Raid, but it is still really close ;)

[@tactical_goku]

Muay Thai or Muay Boran is absolutely beautiful. Leithwei is a different game but similar in striking.

[@GaawutProductions]

I really enjoy this video! As a Muay Boran practitioner trying to spread the effectiveness of the art, it is also very helpful to me. For anyone interested: Sequence 1: Bata Loob Pak. Sequence 2: Manop Len Kha, Yak Ngiang Pla, Manop Len Kha, Hanuman Kham Longka. Sequence 3: Hanuman Jong Tanon, Wanon Hak Dan, Ramasoon Kwang Kwarn. Sequence 4: Ruesee Bod Ya (or another Ramasoon Kwang Kwarn in my style), Ban Sien Totsakan. Technique names can change from style to style, but in this case, I'm sure for the most part.

[@theparitt]

Good Video as Usual. Thanks for your hard work. Kenshin!

[@jackstone1366]

The best video ever about the evolution of cheography in cinema & real life fighting in movies

[@LawrenceKenshin]

thanks bro!

[@javiersoriano671]

Thats crazy cuz I just watched it today on DVD

[@StrikeFirstFinance]

I remember Tony Jaa movies were always about breaking bones.

[@Lopro94]

Yeah, there is a long scene I remember where it's basically all broken bones and cut tendons.

[@redacted5937]

@@Lopro94 he used a elephant bone to cut someone's tendons in the movie. Pretty badass.

[@user-wp6oy5rl6o]

Film Tom Yum Goong

[@tanguman2]

i appreciated how it showed the Combat Version of Muay Thai and not just the version seen in the ring with rules and points.

[@drifterronin4905]

Thanks to recognizing this movie.. I m not sure but heard it took 7yrs to complete the movie as he had to recover from multiple fractures. Tis movie came long back and was a real addiction to watch and it awwed the audience with unseen kicks and fighting technique. Kuddos to you for recognizing this. All the very best for your channel and m an avid watcher of your videos. Tat spear elbow maaaaan scary.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

thank you bro

[@Wintran]

Gotta give a lot of cred to the stunt team in this film. Just imagine that first kick to the head. That's dedication.

[@beasleydad]

This was DOPE

[@martinez6.]

i'm a fan of muay thia, thanks for the slow mo and explanation!

[@na-ha-va]

Good VDO with very much knowledge.